THE MISTRESS OF THE RITZ: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 03720018C00001
English Summary/英文概要： How far would you go to protect the one you love? New York Times bestselling author Melanie Benjamin poses that question in her latest novel THE MISTRESS OF THE RITZ, the extraordinary story of the real-life Jewish-American woman who secretly worked for the French Resistance while playing hostess to the invading Germans at the iconic Hotel Ritz in Paris.
Blanche Auzello, an American actress turned wife who is married to the manager of the Hotel Ritz, has a very dangerous secret. A secret that becomes exponentially more dangerous to hide when the Nazis sweep Paris in March 1940 and immediately take up residence in the Hotel Ritz. In an attempt to survive, and perhaps unbeknownst to the other, protect each other, Blanche and Claude work tirelessly to keep the hotel running smoothly and their new guests happy – and unware of the clandestine workings of the French Resistance happening right under their noses at the Hotel Ritz.
With appearances from Coco Chanel, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Cole Porter, Melanie Benjamin shares a vivid portrait of a courageous woman and her husband who put their marriage – and ultimately their lives – in jeopardy to fight for freedom. Intimate, fearless, and moving, MISTRESS OF THE RITZ proves that love and sacrifice can overcome evil and betrayals.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 为了保护你所爱的人，你会付出多少?《纽约时报》畅销书作家梅勒妮??本杰明在她的最新小说《丽兹酒店的女主人》中提出了这个问题。这本书讲述了一个真实生活中的犹太裔美国女人的非凡故事。
布兰奇??奥泽洛，一个美国女演员，嫁给了丽兹酒店的经理，有一个非常危险的秘密。1940年3月，纳粹横扫巴黎，在丽兹酒店住下。布兰奇和克劳德为了生存，也许是为了保护彼此，不知疲倦地工作，让酒店平稳运转，让他们的新客人开心，同时也不知道法国抵抗运动的秘密活动就发生在他们眼皮底下的丽兹酒店。
在可可??香奈儿、司各特??菲茨杰拉德、海明威和科尔??波特的形象中，梅勒妮??本杰明生动地描绘了一个勇敢的女人和她的丈夫，他们为了自由而把婚姻——最终是他们的生命——置于危险之中。亲密无间，无所畏惧，令人感动的丽兹夫人证明了爱和牺牲可以战胜邪恶和背叛。（WYL）
Awards/获奖情况：“A compelling portrait of a marriage and a nation at war from within. At the glittering height of the twenties and thirties, suave French manager Claude Auzello has turned the Ritz hotel into the jewel of Paris, installing his brash American wife Blanche as queen among the movie stars, fashion icons, and crowned heads that make up the hotel guests. But the Auzello marriage is rocked by infidelity and turmoil even as the Nazi shadow rises in Germany, and when the Ritz becomes Third Reich headquarters in occupied Paris, France’s ultimate power couple must decide if they can weather the storm together or crumble under the oppression and brutality of war. High fashion, royal gossip, political scheming, and French Resistance sabotage all swirl together to make Mistress of the Ritz a cocktail as irresistible as anything served at the Ritz bar!”—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network
“No one writes of the complexities of women’s lives and loves like Melanie Benjamin. In Mistress of the Ritz, Benjamin brings wartime Paris brilliantly to life and brings home the terrible dilemmas and moral conundrums forced upon occupied citizens during the war. Blanche Auzello is a martini-soaked flapper with a heart of steel. Benjamin’s fascinating story brings this forgotten heroine vividly to life without flinching from the high price paid by those who fought back against the Nazi scourge. Intense, illuminating, and ultimately inspiring!”—Elizabeth Letts, New York Times bestselling author of Finding Dorothy
“In Mistress of the Ritz, Melanie Benjamin illuminates the little-known story of Blanche Auzello, the fiery American who, along with her French husband, secretly worked for the French resistance while hosting senior German officials at their storied hotel. This meticulously researched and richly told story could only have been penned by Melanie Benjamin—already an icon of historical fiction, she has truly outdone herself. Important and inspiring!”—Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris
“This impeccably researched, lyrically told historical about a brash American woman and her French husband during WWII is a remarkable achievement. . . . Benjamin skillfully weaves in a host of historical figures—including Coco Chanel, alleged to be a Nazi sympathizer, and Ernest Hemingway—whose vibrant presences make Benjamin’s protagonists and engaging group of supporting characters shine all the more. Even readers who aren’t big fans of historical fiction might be swayed by this outstanding tale.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Benjamin’s new novel is a lively portrait of the opulent grand hotel which drew Picasso, Hemingway, Cole Porter—and Hermann G??ring.”—Kirkus Reviews
About the Author/作者介绍： 梅勒妮??本杰明出生在印第安纳州的印第安纳波利斯。她一生都是一位热心的读者——小时候，她自豪地连续几年赢得了当地图书馆的夏季阅读项目——她仍然坚信，一个作家能接受的最好教育就是终生阅读。
梅勒妮就读于印第安纳大学——位于印第安纳波利斯的普渡大学，在遇到丈夫、搬到芝加哥地区并抚养两个儿子之前，她曾在许多社区剧院演出。然而，写作总是很吸引人，很快她就开始为当地的杂志和报纸写作，然后才开始涉足她的初恋——小说。
Melanie Benjamin was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. An avid reader all her life--as a child, she was the proud winner, several years running, of the summer reading program at her local library--she still firmly believes that a lifetime of reading is the best education a writer can have.
While attending Indiana University--Purdue University at Indianapolis, Melanie performed in many community theater productions before meeting her husband, moving to the Chicago area and raising two sons. Writing was always beckoning, however, and soon she began writing for local magazines and newspapers before venturing into her first love, fiction.
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Rights sold: Chinese/simplified (Zhejiang), French (Albin Michel), German (Droemer), Hebrew (Achuzat Bayit), Italian (Neri Pozza), Romanian (S.C. Humanitas)
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